The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Month: May 2011
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Production Web Site | SF Opera's Ring Blog Reviews of San Francisco Opera's Siegfried (Jay Hunter Morris as Siegfried and Nina Stemme as Brünnhilde pictured left, photo by Cory Weaver) are coming in, and it certainly makes for interesting reading. Performance Reviews: Financial Times | Not For Fun Only | The Reverberate Hills | San…
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* Notes * Francesca Zambello's production of Siegfried (pictured left, photo by Cory Weaver) opened today at San Francisco Opera. Though this opera is nearly 4 hours of music, it breezed by this afternoon. The orchestra was luminious under Donald Runnicles. The brass was warm with only a bit of haziness, and most of the horn…
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* Notes * The final dress rehearsal of San Francisco Opera's Siegfried (Act I pictured left, photo by Cory Weaver) was last Thursday. There was a little roughness in the brass, but the orchestra generally sounded quite pretty under Maestro Runnicles. The production is consistent with both Das Rheingold and Die Walküre. There were some…
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The pictured poster in our May 26th story on Michael Schwab's Ring Cycle at San Francisco Opera was an early unreleased version. It has been updated to the correct one. Our apologies.
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Graphic artist Michael Schwab has created a poster for San Francisco Opera's upcoming Ring Cycle. Press Release | SF Opera's Official Ring Site | Michael Schwab's Official Site
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Patrick Summers (pictured left) has been named Artistic and Music Director of Houston Grand Opera. Summers is also the Principal Guest Conductor of the San Francisco Opera. Perryn Leech will become the company's Managing Director. Press Release | Houston Grand Opera's Official Site | Patrick Summers' Official Site
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Francesca Zambello (pictured left) has been named Artistic Advisor of Washington National Opera. Zambello is currently the General and Artistic Director of Glimmerglass Opera and Artistic Adviser of San Francisco Opera. Press Release | Washington National Opera’s Official Site | Francesca Zambello’s Official Site | Advisor vs. Adviser
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* Notes *West Bay Opera is currently presenting an ambitious double bill of Dido and Aeneas and La vida breve. The opening yesterday in Palo Alto left a decidedly mixed impression. The evening began with General Director José Luis Moscovich appealing for donations and joking about the opera's planned IPO. He gave a concrete example…
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New York City Opera will leave the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center. NY Times | Wall Street Journal | Pressroom Home NYC Opera
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* Notes * New Century Chamber Orchestra ends the 2010-2011 season with a world premiere of Mark O'Connor's Elevations. The performance in Berkeley yesterday evening began with two Elgar pieces, the Larghetto from Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20 and the Introduction and Allegro for Solo Quartet and Strings. The pieces sounded florid,…
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